TRUE friendships?!?!?!

It’s been a few days so I guess I could fill ya in on the last few days…Today is boring…that’s all I got! Yesterday we went to the Warehouse ~AKA~ Wal-Mart…oh it was a blast, let me just tell YOU!!!! Which takes us to where we left off…Date night was a HIT - a wonderful night with dinner, our show, fishing and a we had a random visit…which was super cool even for date night, like close to the coolest thing ever…since we all go way back, we chilled outside in the yard, had some drinks, watched the sky, looked for shooting stars, talked about the good ol’ days of our youth :) haha….I know it was a REALLY - REALLY long time ago, lol – seriously! Anyway – it got me thinking about how people treat the relationships in their lives…Thursday morning I was on my facebook and changed my status to read:

I think there is a difference between an acquaintance and a friend…a friend and a good friend…a good friend and a true friend…people get them mixed up a lot and sometimes it takes a surprise to realize who is who!

It got a lot of responses but that wasn’t my intention, it just really got me going. Every week we get emails about how we need to think about today and take it for what it is, realize that we get stressed but there isn’t anything that stress cures, so why let anything bother you to THAT point and to welcome chocolate instead of banish it; those are generally followed by the ‘have I told you I loved you lately’ friendship ones (which always get me!, big sissy, yeah whatever!). So we read them, forward them and forget them. But does it make a big enough impact on us to take a different outlook on our friendships or spend more time with our family? Not as the golden rule and that’s where talk is cheap comes in. We have to really cherish our relationships, no matter what the means are – and sometimes in can take a random visit for that force that comes over us and we’re hit across the head, you know what I’m talking about.

The only thing that I can say is this – there IS a difference in a good friend and a true friend and there is a difference between an acquaintance and a good friend (I know I didn’t mention just a friend, but take it for what it is) . A true friend is that person that you can go days, weeks, months or even years without talking to and know that when you pick the phone up or run into each other at the store or a restaurant, that life picks up right where you both left off, like nothing skipped a beat. I’ve been blessed to have a few of those and I couldn’t consider myself any luckier. There are people that come into our lives by chance and they leave an imprint on your heart; there are people that come in by accident and leave just as quickly as the came and there are people that come that have made a world of difference and made an impact on your life…which one are you??? The saying our parents and grandparents instilled on us is the same one we are trying to instill in our children has been around the global for as long as anyone can remember, yet sometimes it takes a reminder for you to snap out of your fairytale and do what was instilled…

Treat people how you want to be treated…
~Parents, grandparents and teachers heard ‘round the world!

Having said that…its almost time to be gone for the weekend (I said ALMOST)…tonight it’s packing and hoping a visitor stops by, tomorrow its hiking with the fam and I’m not sure what Sunday holds – hanging out, cleaning house, going fishing…who knows but it will be fun and we will have pictures galore! So have you’re self a happy little weekend and enjoy those you are with…take pictures, they’re memories!